More adverse dental outcomes seen with sublingual buprenorphine/naloxone compared with use of transdermal buprenorphine or oral naltrexone
Tapering cuts risk for overdose among those with opioid use disorder
Overdose mortality increased about 81 percent from 2017 to 2020 among pregnant and postpartum women
For men aged 65 to 74 and 75 years or older, drug overdose death rates were higher for non-Hispanic Black men
Findings even stronger for young people with a recent opioid prescription
If the overdose antidote drug naloxone becomes easier to obtain, it could save lives and help combat the U.S. opioid crisis
Eight in 10 teen unintentional overdose deaths involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids
Overall, deaths in Tennessee known to be linked to nitazenes rose from 10 in 2020 to 42 one year later
Highest rates and largest rate increases seen in urban counties and counties with higher unemployment rates
For 2018 compared with 2014, mean out-of-pocket cost of naloxone increased by 506 percent among uninsured patients